Biography

Dr. Fan is currently Attending Physician and formerly Chief of Rheumatology at West LA VA Medical Center, Los Angeles. He went to medical school in Canada at the University of Manitoba, completed internship and residency in internal medicine at L.A. County-USC Medical Center and fellowship in rheumatology at UCLA School of Medicine. He joined the UCLA faculty in 1976 and has been Clinical Professor of Medicine in the Rheumatology Division since 1991. In 1981, together with colleagues at UCLA, Dr. Fan reported the first cases of the AIDS syndrome. He has been visiting professor and lecturer in Finland, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines and Thailand. He is the recipient of awards and honors for teaching, patient care, voluntary services and patient advocacy including the Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine “Gold Doc” Award in 2013. In April 2017 his fellow rheumatologists in California honored him with the California Rheumatology Alliance Lifetime Achievement Award and in September 2019 the UCLA Division of Rheumatology awarded him the Lifetime Teaching Award for outstanding contributions as noted researcher, clinician and teacher.

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